Legendary Locals of Eunice
Published on 27. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-4671-0024-3 (ISBN)
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Long before C.C. Dusonrealtor, sheriff, and state senatorestablished his town on the Louisiana prairie, Cajuns, Europeans, and Native Americans had forged homes on the isolated site. Then in 1894, Dusons city auction enabled numerous ethnic groups to buy lots in the new town. Railroad construction brought Anglo, African-American, and Irish laborers, while Lebanese and Jewish merchants saw retail opportunities in Eunice. Fearful of war rumors in Europe prior to 1914, German families immigrated to prairie farms. In 1929, Italians arrived as the
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Alma Brunson Reed and Van Reed, descendants of Colonial Louisiana settlers, have also authored Eunice, in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. The Reeds are proud of Eunice and its colorful and unique residents. Images donated by area families and the Bevan Brothers Historical Collection comprise this book.